有读者问这样一道选择题：
(1)He is among_________in the village who have been to Beijing.
A. a few B. the few C. few D. fewer
正确答案是B，为什么不是A和C呢？
句意需要意为“特指的一小部分人”，故须用the few,再如：
(2)In the capitalist society the many are oppressed by the few . （the few与the many相对）
(3)We are seeing a concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the few .
the与few之间还可插入形容词，如：
(4)Britain continues to treat higher education as something for the special few .
试比较下列句中的the few, a few, few:
(5)He was among the few people who were there. 他是到那里去的少数人之一。
(6)A few people were there. 有一些人到了那里。（a few表肯定）
(7)Few people were there. 很少人到那里。（few表否定）
